The happy little days of the Ye family

During these autumn harvest days, except for the hottest time at noon, almost everyone in the village is busy from dawn until night.

Even Chenchen, who was fair and tender, turned into a skinny monkey with dark skin after these days.

Many people harvested crops under the moonlight, and even slept in the fields.

But the hard work will pay off in the end.

Heavy bags of rice are transported from the fields to their homes. The faces of everyone in Taohua Village are filled with the joy of the harvest.

The Tang family has a lot of land, and it is even more busy during this period.

First came the rice in the field, then the corn and peanuts in the dry land, and finally the sweet potatoes. The food in the field was moved from the field to home bit by bit.

Even though there were many long-term workers in the family, it took the Tang family more than half a month to harvest all the grain.

Including drying, it took a month to fill the cellar with all kinds of grain.

This year's harvest is pretty good, and together with the old grain stored previously, the three cellars of the Tang family are full to the brim.

If Tang Xiaojing hadn't sold all the dry goods in the cellar before the autumn harvest, there really wouldn't be room for the new grain.

Looking at the food in the cellar, Tangshan breathed a sigh of relief and felt very safe.

There is food in hand and no panic in mind.

In addition to setting aside food for home consumption and food for which food taxes will be paid later, the family actually has a lot of rice and corn that can be sold.

However, new grain has just been harvested and the price of grain is relatively low at this time. Tang Xiaojing plans to sell it again after the new year.

In autumn, in addition to food, various fruits and herbs on the mountains are also ripe.

After harvesting the grain, Tang Xiaojing and Tang Shan went out early and returned home late every day, traveling up and down the two hills of their home.

All kinds of herbs are constantly being shipped to the house, and some herbs in large quantities are almost covered in the backyard of the house.

Valuable herbs such as Polygonatum, Gastrodia, Polygonum multiflorum and Tianqi were packed in several sacks and neatly stacked in the herbal processing room.

Today, the Tang family is filled with the fragrance of herbal medicine. As soon as you enter, you might think you have entered a medicine shop.

In addition to herbs, chestnuts and hard persimmons for making persimmons, the father and son also picked a lot.

Ye Qingqing made a lot of persimmons. Chenchen, a greedy little cat, had to ask every day, when can these persimmons be eaten?

This year's harvest of herbs and other mountain products has been bumper, and the few remaining empty rooms in the Tang family are filled with all kinds of mountain products.

During this period, Tang Xiaojing and Tang Shan also went hunting several times at Bigan Peak and brought back a lot of pheasants and hares. Even the meat for the busy farming season in spring was ready.

However, when the father and son went there for the fourth time, they were seen by the villagers and knew that they had caught a lot of pheasants and hares on the mountain.

After learning that there were pheasants and hares on the mountain, many people in the village went hunting at Bigan Peak the next day.

Most of the hills in the village have been bought by the villagers, and there are not many places for hunting.

I heard that all the adults and young adults in the village went hunting at Bigan Peak.

During that battle, there were more people hunting than there were small animals on the mountain.

On the first day, everyone who went hunting more or less had one or two prey, and everyone was very happy.

The next day I found that the mountain was quiet, and many people came back empty-handed.

The harvest on the mountain behind is getting less and less, and this hill is slowly being forgotten again.

After people in the village went hunting at Bigan Peak, the father and son never went there again.

The main reason is that the two of them are too busy. More than a dozen of the pigs at home are about to be slaughtered and they have to be made into bacon before the Chinese New Year.

In addition, all rabbits in the rabbit shed and wild goats on the mountain must be slaughtered and their skins peeled off to make skins.

The father and son go out early and come back late every day. In just two months, they lost several pounds.

Although I am a little tired, the harvest is very good. The small box Ye Qingqing used to store money was getting fuller day by day, and it could hardly hold it anymore.

At night, Ye Qingqing, Tang Xiaojing and Tang Shan began to take stock of this year's autumn harvest.

It is so busy during the autumn harvest, and many items are half-processed and not yet sold.

Therefore, Ye Qingqing waited until the autumn harvest was over and all the crops at home were converted into money before he started taking inventory.

Opening the account book, it was filled with large sums of money, which made Ye Qingqing very excited.

The herbs in the two hills and the small valley, plus the herbs collected from Bigan Peak, were all sold and 120 taels of silver were made.

This amount of money is 30 taels more than last year, 5 taels of which are herbs collected from Biganfeng.

The remaining 25 taels are because more and more herbs planted in the early years can be used as medicine.

Moreover, the older the herbs are, the more valuable they are, and the price of herbs is a little more expensive than before.

In addition, Tang Xiaojing also sold medicinal wine last month, and the five jars earned a total of 5 taels of silver.

Tang Xiaojing also went to the county a few days ago and sold some bacon, wild products and fur coats, earning a total of 126 taels of silver.

After all, in just two months during the autumn harvest, the family received a total of 301 taels of silver.

There is a lot of income, but the Tang family's expenses are also very high.

17两6钱的长工工钱、12两的药酒成本、35两的药材种子，3两喂猪用的豆渣，2两的其他开销。

A total of 69 taels and 4 dollars were spent.

In the past two months, the Tang family has saved a total of 231 taels and 6 yuan.

In addition, there is still a small amount of bacon and skins at home that have not yet reached their expiry date, and the excess grain has not yet been processed.

After calculating the money, Ye Qingqing divided the money earned in the past two months into two, and the father and son each received 115 taels.

Including the money they received this time, Ye Qingqing and Tang Xiaojing now have more than 1,600 taels in hand, and they can be regarded as veritable landlords.

At night, Ye Qingqing was laughing while dreaming.

There has been no news from the dental shop in the county these days. Ye Qingqing is a little confused, thinking about whether to go and see the 600-tael house.

The big house is a bit expensive, but the location is really good. It's right behind the government office. Usually no thieves or unsighted people would dare to come and cause trouble.

And it's not too far from North Street, pharmacy, and even the academy, and it's easily accessible in all directions. It's quiet in the middle of the hustle and bustle, which is quite suitable for living.

Even if you don't live in it yourself, it should be good for renting out.

But when I think about the house I bought near Qingsong Academy, it was so big and only cost 450 taels.

And it's right next to the largest academy in the county. The location is excellent and very popular.

In such a comparison, this 600-tael house was indeed too expensive. Ye Qingqing felt a little distressed and had been hesitant.